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In-depth project breakdowns, honest gear and tool reviews, practical guides, and occasional reflections on the craft of astrophotography — from capture through processing.

Posts tagged “image-processing”2 posts

Back Under the Stars
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Back Under the Stars

Getting back under the stars after a long, cloudy stretch. A thirty-minute drive to dark skies at Camp Floyd, Utah, two moonless nights, and finished images of M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, and M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.

Paul Fox-Reeks
Paul Fox-Reeks
Jun 15, 20264 min
The Great Orion Nebula: Measuring Progress in Imaging and Processing
Image Processing

The Great Orion Nebula: Measuring Progress in Imaging and Processing

A three-stage journey through the Orion Nebula, tracing my growth in astrophotography from a smart telescope to a full mono LRGB + narrowband workflow, and the lessons learned processing a 45-hour HDR image with nearly 3,000 exposures.

Paul Fox-Reeks
Paul Fox-Reeks
Jan 20, 20266 min